Rex the Runt is a British live action stop motion animated claymation comedy franchise, primarily consisting of a television show and two short films produced by Aardman Animations for BBC Bristol in association with EVA Entertainment and Egmont Imagination. Its main characters are four plasticine dogs: Rex, Wendy, Bad Bob and Vince.The series began with a short, Ident, in 1989 directed by Richard Goleszowski.